BOJ Governor Says Negative Interest Rates Being Assessed

(Shanghai) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the regulator is assessing the impact of recently introduced negative interest rates and will lower them further "if necessary."

The objective is "to stimulate the economy and achieve the 2 percent inflation target at the earliest possible time," he told Caixin on February 28, after a meeting in Shanghai of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors.